Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers has announced the creation of its “Black Real Estate Agent” program to provide financial, educational, and career support for aspiring Black real estate agents. Black Americans represent less than 6% of all real estate professionals in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

” Unnamed agent in recorded call with REX Not showing clients properties because they have below-market commission rates is an example of “steering,” a practice that is often alleged about buyer agents and just as often denied by broker firms and associations. So I’m not going to show properties that do that.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2022

Anthony Hsieh, the CEO of loanDepot , has been buying some pricey real estate in Florida, pushing his portfolio of properties to over $150 million. As was first reported by the The Real Deal , Hsieh has dropped approximately $50 million dollars on two properties located in Miami since the start of this year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Becca Summers does not typically include Wells Fargo on the lender recommendation list she gives to clients. However, when mortgage rates started rising in the spring, Summers encouraged her clients to take advantage of the bank’s mortgage rate lock product. Looking back, Summers is glad she encouraged her buyers to swap lenders.

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The Appraiser Coach

JULY 25, 2023

When the pandemic hit us full force in 2020, business skyrocketed. But how can you mitigate your workload without losing your good clients? But how can you mitigate your workload without losing your good clients? Take care of emails from good, loyal, easy-to-work-with clients (your “A” clients) first.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It is important to note that every one of the major national networks, those listed above, along with RE/MAX , Anywhere , United Real Estate and HomeSmart , are still active with local combinations among both their company-owned operations and their affiliated firms.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Propertybase CEO Vance Loiselle about real estate tech and how the past year has accelerated the need for digital collaboration tools across the entire customer journey. HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Podcast: Comparing real estate team and brokerage profitability. Study: It’s true, real estate teams outperform brokerage firms. However, these super-sized teams aren’t the only ones turning a profit — a profit that dwarfs most real estate brokerage’s profit. Real estate team profitability is stunning.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In both cases, our clients and Compass had to design new ways to structure the transaction to get a favorable outcome for all parties. The reality is that in all the deals we have worked on since July 2022, EBITDA in absolute terms is not what it was in calendar years 2020 and 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. People who run businesses out of their homes, ranging from therapists to dog groomers, are no longer comfortable having clients in their actual residences,” Nathanson said. The post Tiny homes are big winners in 2020 appeared first on HousingWire. How much house can you afford to buy?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

billion in profits for 2020. “Rocket Companies’ record-breaking fourth quarter and full year 2020 results demonstrate the sheer power of the technology platform we have built and refined for more than two decades,” Jay Farner, Rocket Companies’ vice chairman and CEO, said in a statement on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williston Financial Group and a national title insurance underwriter dedicated to taking time and cost out of real estate transactions. The post WFG reduces time and cost in real estate transactions appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents. Curtis Mangus.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

states from 2013 to 2020, correlated with rates of sales tax, income tax and property tax in 2020. Florida, specifically, has the seventh-lowest tax rate in the country and gained more residents than all but four other states from 2013 to 2020. The trend is reversed in high-tax states, where an average of 2.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Among those targets were a Memphis-based real estate company and a title company in Washington state that combined were swindled out of more than $200,000 through the scam. The victims targeted can be lenders, real estate agents, title companies and other escrow agents, attorneys as well as homebuyers and sellers. “Now,

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. HousingWire sat down with Realtor.com CEO David Doctorow to learn how agents and brokers can alleviate some of the frustrations their clients are facing. Why or why not?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

The Radian Home Price Index, provided by Radian subsidiary Red Bell Real Estate, solves these issues. This combination of modern math, instant insights and micro-market granularities are the true value differentiators appreciated by Radian’s clients. The Radian HPI is a comprehensive and timely measure of U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Donnellan and his team understand their role in helping the real estate professionals of the Mid-Atlantic navigate their rapidly-evolving industry and provide maximum value back to their clients. In March 2020, as COVID-19 spread across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

“We lead with the philosophy that our role as professionals in the real estate industry is to bring a superior level of service to our clients, across all real estate transactions, ensuring they receive the best possible outcomes,” Jackson said in a statement.

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The Appraiser Coach

JULY 25, 2023

When the pandemic hit us full force in 2020, business skyrocketed. We had never been busier! If I had tried to do everything the same way I. Read More

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Husky Homes real estate team, led by Alison Crim, has joined Compass , the company announced on Tuesday. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, the team of eight had been affiliated with Keller Williams Realty Madison East since its debut in 2020. “We The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since joining the real estate industry in 2020 after a career in the hospitality sector, Chhabra has accumulated an aggregate sales volume exceeding $425 million, according to a news release. Chhabra boasts a diverse team, which can assist clients in English, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, French and Vietnamese.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

District Court in Utah, accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission. Buyer brokers would thus have to compete with one another by offering a lower commission rate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

housing market, HousingWire has partnered with Illinois Realtors , bringing exclusive news, market data and housing research to the 50,000 Illinois Realtors that power the state’s real estate market. Read the latest real estate coverage from HousingWire here.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

In 2020, real estate industry veteran Rainy Hake Austin took her decades of experience to The Agency , where she currently serves as president of the Beverly Hills, California-based brokerage firm. Brooklee Han: The past four years have been a bit chaotic for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

In a writ of certiorari filed in early February, HomeServices told the Supreme Court that each of its client contracts state that the “signatories can arbitrate any claim or dispute arising out of the contract.” HomeServices first filed its motion to compel arbitration in March 2020, less than a year after the lawsuit was originally filed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In today’s evolving technological landscape, wire fraud is a pervasive risk, particularly in real estate transactions. According to the FBI’s 2022 Internet Crime Report , the problem is only worsening, with an 86% increase in monetary losses in the real estate industry since 2020.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Real estate tech startup Spruce announced on Wednesday a Series C funding round of $60 million led by Zigg Capital and backed solely by repeat investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners and Scale Venture Partners. Spruce currently works with clients including Better.com, Hometap, and US Wide.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Despite mentioning that a reverse mortgage can be used for the purchase of a new home, much of this article seems designed to introduce real estate agents to the concept of the H4P product. Reverse mortgage professionals have explained to RMD that a big focus of referral outreach this year is centered on real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These are the tech leaders who are driving innovation and modernization for their mortgage and real estate clients. 2021 Tech Trendsetters 2020 Tech Trendsetters 2019 Tech Trendsetters. The post Nominations for the 2022 HousingWire Tech Trendsetters award close tomorrow!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Nominations for the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage and Tech100 Real estate are closing today. The Tech100 Real Estate Award recognizes the 100 technology companies that are changing the home sales process forever – from home search to lead management solutions, and remote closing to transaction management software.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kofi Nartey, a top real estate broker with a client list of celebrities and prominent athletes, has joined The Real Brokerage as a national growth leader. He will continue to grow his team through The Real Brokerage network. He also worked as an actor.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

She also spoke about the unique stressors faced by seniors in retirement, the different applications of a reverse mortgage’s proceeds, and the reverse industry’s ongoing efforts to get in front of more potential clients and adjacent companies in the mortgage and real estate spaces.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In late October 2023, a Missouri jury found HomeServices of America, as well as Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors , liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Despite waiving their right to pursue class litigation against HomeServices, the plaintiffs obtained a $1.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

District Court for Northern California, accusing the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. A home seller plaintiff in California filed an antitrust lawsuit on Friday in U.S. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48 million members.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In eOriginal’s 2020 Tech100 nomination, the company boasted about the efficiency their ClosingCenter product brought to mortgage lending clients; Fairway achieved 80% faster mortgage acceptance by secondary market investors and also realized a 90% reduction in interest expenses to warehouse lenders for mortgages closed using ClosingCenter.

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